Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-06
STATE AFFAIRS.
Interesting Developments Awaited in
the Penn-Showalier Contested
Election Case.
Indications that the Bucket Shop Bill will
Pass Both HOUSES in Spite of the
Opposition.
NUMBERLESs PETITIONS.

telephones, insurance and buCket-shop
men in circulating petitions for signers,
to be sent to the legislators as protests
against any legislation to abolish
or curtail their particular interests,
would be cOmmendable if eXerted
in behalf Of worthier cause But, not
withstanding the strenuous efforts of the
bucket-shop men the bill to stop this spe-
cies Of gambling has passed to engross-
ment in the Senate. The law makers seem
to understand how easy it is to
get signers TO these numerous
petitions, and beyond having them
read en0 referred to the proper commit
tees, they cut but small figure in the
deliberations of either house. 1t is now
believed that the buCket-sh0p bill will
pass both houses in spite of the strong
opposition brought to bear against it..
Though the petition dodge is about eX-
hausted the lobby is not without hopes
that some skillfully worded amendment
may render it worthless.
The House resolution to request our
congressman to secure the passage of q
law prohibiting bucket-shops was de-
feated in the Senate on the grounds that
it was police regulation and not sub
ject Of national legislation.
CONTESTED ELECTION CASE.
The committee is still wrestling with
the Penn. Showalter contested election
case. They are now deep into the mys-
teries of the Starr county ballot boxes,
but what they will bring forth
is g question only to be determined
by waiting, which at present is
confined to no future dste. If rumorS
are correct there will be some interesting
DEVELOPMENTS made public i'll connection
with the case.
EXCHANGE OF LANDS.
Senator Glasscock's bill, Introduced
in the Senate yesterday, TO au-
thorize the capitol board to eX-
change certain state lands with the
contractor of the new capitol, is consid-
cred by those informed on the situation
as an excellent bill. The land it proposes
to exchange owned by the state is said to
be inferior TO the land that will
be received from the syndicate. The ex-
change is proposed by the capitol sYndi-
cate to facilitate their fencing
by shortening the distance and
throwing the body of their lands in
better shape, which viii make up to them
the difference in value which they lose on
the exchange.
LILLY EXPLAINS.
c. A. Lilly, in whose name the altered
certificate for drummer's license was
detected in the Comptroller's office, when
application to transfer was made TO that
office, is now in Austin and comes out
in an article in this mornings Stateman
IN the subjoined language:
AUSTIN, TEN, Feb. 4 ISL
Editor of the Statesman:
Will you kindly publish this card. In
your issue of the Sd inst. you pub
liSh under the head of estate Depart
ment Notes" that swinde was attempt
ed in the ComptrOller's office by one G.
a. Lilly, in which the said Lilly transfer
red license to one Sullivan, and, fur
Their, that said date of said license had
been changed.
My attention was called to this article
to-day, while at Round Rock, and | i'm
mediately came to Austin on my own mo-
ton to sift the matter 10 the bottom. sOn
orabout July % l came to Texarkana,
Tex, on my way to the state as travel
ing salesman for w. c. Thomas and
Thomas & Bro. of Richmond, Va. On
my arrival at TeXerkana | forwarded a
draft to Hon. w. ]. Swain, then Comp
troller, for druInmer's license. The
license was forwarded to me at Dallas.
| remained III the state until September,
| think l then returned to my home
in Georgia. | came back to Texas some
time in January, 1886, and remained until
some time in March or April, 1886. l
then left the state and returned
to GAINESVILLE, Ca, working the territory
on my way back. After remaining there
a few days | went to Richmond, Va, ar
irving there on the Sd day of May. left
the employ of w. c. Thomas aud Thomas
( Bro. on the 9TH of May. l settled in
full with them and turned over my Texas
license to them, after which time | never
had in my possession the license single
day. Messrs. Thomas & Bro. employed
Mr.. Armstrong to take my place, and gave
him my Texas license. | have never seen
the Mr.. Sullivan mentioned in your arti-
Gle of yesterday. On the 22d day of jan
uary, 1887, the day on which the forged
letter was sent from New Orleans, was
at GAINESVILLE, Tex; left there in the after
noon of that day, and came to Fort
Worth; stopped at the Plckwick. Mr.. c.
E. Perry, an old Georgia friend, ate sup
per with me. The letter written from
Now Orleans on the 22d day of January
is base forgery, as we'll as the
changed dates on the face of the Ii
cense. Mr.. w. G. Thomas, Jr., of the
firm OF Thomas & Bro, will positively
swear that never had the license in my
possession after Msy 3, 1856, and that it
did not expire till June % 70 %. feel
that my duty to myself and my family de-
mand that this affair should be investi-
gated, and l have come to Austin for
that purpose. Yours very truly,
c. A. LILLY.
CAPITAL CULLINGs.
II practice max perfect, there is one
thing our law makers will become experts
at, and that is licking the mucilage
on stamps and paper wrappers
One of the veteran Solons Occu-
pied the whole Of the morning hours
in this occupation, becoming so lost to all
that was passing around him that he did
not stop, or even show any signs that he
was conscious of the Chaplain's presence
during the hour Of prayer. 1t is time to
inaugurate reform in the licking bust
ness
c ief Clerk of the Housewife Lambert,
beiI &n old newspaper man, has had
some new desks introduced into the hall,
and removed the clerks from the re
porters' table, which is now given up to
hhe representatives of the press al
together.
Pomeroy's Petroline Plasters.
LANES McKeon sAruggiE of Hudson,